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Monday, 2 January 2012

Winter swap with Julianna

Long before Christmas we (me and Julianna at Sewing under Rainbow) decided to swap. Julianna wanted a pillow, I wanted something with a fox. She got the pillow already, so I can show it to you now (the photos are horrible; I didn't have a filling to put inside of such a pillow and it looks flat and wrinkled; also the photos are to dark).

I made the pillow in two rounds. First I did the Christmas tree (it's made of tiny hexies) and pieced the snow on the botton. Then I left it for some weeks, not knowing what to do next. When I finally got the idea how to continue, I realised that the Christmas tree would look better if it would be pieced, but didn't have the heart to redo the whole background. I left everything as it was and appliqued the girl and the deer (all the datails on the girl and the deer is free hand thread painting; no painting on fabric this time ;) ). At the end I've sewn some cristal beads (they were suppose to look like Christmas lights) ans the star. All is quilted with invisible thread. The pillow measures 40x60cm (~16x24 inches). There is a wonky star pieced at the back, but I don't have a photo of it. I count on Julianna to make better photos ;)